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competing, the students are required to understand various areas of
agriculture and include identifying insects and pests in crops,
understanding and recognizing agronomic crops specific to the
Midwest, and evaluating crop samples.
On November 16, the FFA Agronomy Team had a successful night. They
placed first as a team and had seven individuals in the top ten. The
winners included Scout Tschantz, second; Alec Martin third; Isaac
Pulliam fifth; Braden Olson sixth; Eric Cooper eighth; Dean Martin
ninth and Franklin Wade tenth.
(L-R) Alec Martin, Franklin Wade,
Dean Martin, Scout Tschantz, Brayden Olson, Issac Pulliam, and Eric
Cooper proudly display their winning ribbons and team banner at the
Section 14 Contest.
A week later, the team attended the Lincoln Land
Agronomy Contest and Dairy Foods practice. The team placed first
overall and had four kids place in the top ten- Alec Martin second;
Dean Martin third; Scout Tschantz seventh; and Braden Olson eighth.
Grace Davis, Kamrie Charron, Isaac Pulliam, Carter Clark, Eric
Cooper, and Gracie Phillips rounded out the team. Our Dairy Foods
team consisted of Liam Smith, Reid Beckers, Addisen Williams, Jessi
Wade, Addison Maus, and Ethan Stoddard.
On November 30, five members of the Agronomy Team
traveled to Lake Land Community College to attend their Agronomy
Competition. The team placed second overall with Alec Martin placing
first individually, Scout Tschantz sixth, Isaac Pulliam and Dean
Martin tied for ninth, and Carter Clark placed sixteenth.
Pictured students are (L-R)Dean Martin, Alec Martin,
Issac Pulliam, and Scout Tschantz at the University of Illinois
State Contest. Finally, the hard work
from the previous contests paid off on December 9 when the Agronomy
team traveled to The University of Illinois to compete in the State
Contest.
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